This is all so complicated, because the boys who perpetrated this are also the victims of child abuse from their crazy parents. Who could have predicted that keeping adolescents away from the rest of the world could result in such behavior? Why, pretty much anyone who's studied cults. And a 25-year-old who can't write his own name? Nice job with the home-schooling, there, folks.
What the hell is wrong with these people? Via Raw Story:
Four homeschooled brothers pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting their younger sister from the time she was 4 years old until she was almost 15 – and their parents and two other brothers still face charges related to the case.
The oldest brother confessed in December 2012 to molesting the girl after becoming a born-again Christian, and a pastor from the Baptist church in Wake Forest, North Carolina, contacted authorities the following day.
“He confided in his pastor and his pastor told him that was wrong and not the way normal families are,” said Perquimans County Sheriff Eric Tilley.
Eric Jackson, then 25, told authorities that he and all five of his brothers had sexually abused their younger sister for a decade, and authorities say their parents knew but did nothing to stop the abuse.
[...] Eight of the family’s 11 members have been indicted in the case — which bears similarities to newly revealed claims that reality TV stars Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar may have covered up their eldest son’s molestation of his sisters and other girls.
The victim in the Jackson case told investigators that she believed she would go to hell if she told anyone about the assaults, which she said took place at least twice a week.
Eric Jackson and the second-oldest brother, Matthew Jackson, each pleaded guilty to first-degree sex offense and were sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison.
[...] The parents, John and Nita Jackson, were charged with child neglect, child abuse, and accessory to sexual abuse and will remain jailed until their next court hearing in August.
The girl told authorities her mother had witnessed at least one assault and walked away.
After the eldest brother — who was the first to abuse his sister — contacted authorities, the parents fled with the victim to Colorado.
But the family was tracked down, and the girl was taken into custody by the Department of Human Services and confirmed the confessed claims of her brothers.
Tilley, the sheriff, said the family was “bizarre” and the father held “anti-government” and “anti-school” beliefs.
The eldest brother had difficulty writing his own name when he met with investigators.
“The children were home schooled with very limited education,” Tilley said. “They were very private and the whole yard has a fence around it — like a little compound. They’re very different.”
